# Senior Application Operations Engineer

Social Security Scotland is looking for a Senior Application Operations Engineer to join our Digital Services Branch. In this role, you will support and improve a portfolio of enterprise applications that are critical to the delivery of benefits and services to the people of Scotland. Working within a complex enterprise environment, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of business-critical applications, acting as a technical subject matter expert for assigned services. You will lead incident and problem resolution activities, coordinating support teams, technology specialists and suppliers to ensure issues are investigated and resolved within agreed service levels. Through effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis, you will help ensure systems remain secure, reliable and resilient. You will develop a detailed understanding of the applications you support, their underlying technology stacks and their dependencies across the wider digital estate. Using this knowledge, you will investigate complex technical issues, identify factors affecting application availability and performance, and support the delivery of effective solutions. As well as supporting live ser

- **Id**: 3893301
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scottish-government-senior-application-operations-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dundee, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T09:52:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:37:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 16
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- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government, Space & Aerospace, Earth Observation

## Company

- **Id**: 2109038
- **Name**: Scottish Government
- **Domain**: remotesensingdata.gov.scot
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/remotesensingdata>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Technologies

- **Kibana** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 16

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T22:14:01Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 4; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 80
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.886
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 15
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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